newsweek.com - 10/27/2008
—
One of the sharpest and most telling differences on foreign policy between Barack Obama and John McCain is whether the United States should talk to difficult and disreputable leaders like Iran 's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. In each of the three presidential debates, McCain ...
haaretz.com - 10/28/2008
—
haaretz.com —
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's positions on Iran, according...
to reports that have reached Israel's government. Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But ...
(more)
Sources: Sarkozy views Obama stance on Iran ...
politico.com - 10/28/2008
—
politico.com —
The French Embassy puts out a statement denying
the Haaretz report that an Israeli official said President...
Sarkozy was troubled by his Iran policy: The remarks attributed by the newspaper Haaretz to the President of the French Republic concerning ...
(more)
Sarkozy calls Iran remarks 'groundless'
Comments
Blog Reactions
Burns: Obama is Right
Matthew Yglesias —
... In 1995 he became Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and in 1997 he was appointed Ambassador to Greece. In 2001, the George W. Bush administration made him the United States’ Permanent Representative to NATO, and then in 2005 they made him Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs — the number three job in the State Department. This career diplomatic, widely respected and widely experienced, trusted with key missions by the Bush administration, has an article in Newsweek about how yes we should engage in direct, high-level talks with ...
Diplomacy Without Precondition
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... , and perhaps even Nicholas Burns are misreading the now 16-month-old debate over Barack Obama’s pledge to meet “without precondition, during the first year of [his] administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.” ...
Related Content
The pain spreads
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 10/25/2008 — We may be headed for the first truly global recession. The Wall Street Journal notes that Asia's dependence on exports is about to come back and bite them in the . . . current account surplus: The meltdown in Asian stock prices on Friday ...
Terrifying the Jews
the-reaction.blogspot.com 10/30/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings In other words, McCain's latest campaign strategy. We saw it in Pennsylvania, where prominent Republicans sent out an e-mail to Jewish voters likening the situation in 2008 to the situation in Europe in the 1930s and ...
N/A
ynetnews.com 10/23/2008 — Larijani: Iran prefers Obama Iranian parliament speaker says his country is leaning towards Democratic candidate in US presidential election 'because he is more flexible and rational' AFP Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that ...
McCain Campaign Re-Releases Attack Ad That Was Already Revealed As Dishonest
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/28/2008 — The McCain campaign apparently thinks you don't have a very long memory -- or much regard for the truth. It has just released what it's billing as a new ad attacking Obama on Iran -- even though the McCain camp already put out the same ad back in ...
Sarkozy: Obama’s Foreign Policy ‘Immature’ - Obama no Uniter
poligazette.com 10/28/2008 — For months, years even, Democrats have argued that President George W. Bush did horrendous damage to America’s image and reputation and alienated important allies in especially Europe by pursuing a hawkish foreign policy.
Bush, Democrats to a ...
Iranian official calls for attack on UK | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 10/26/2008 — Fearing a US strike on Iran during President George W. Bush's last months in office, a senior Iranian official has suggested the Islamic regime should target London to deter such an attack. In an article on the Iranian Web site Aftab last week - ...
IAEA Head Would Welcome Direct US/Iran Dialogue
newshoggers.com 11/15/2008 — By Cernig
Add Mohammed el-Baradei to the list of those welcoming Obama's statements that he'd talk to Iran . "If there is a direct dialogue between the United States and Iran, I think Iran will be more forthcoming with the agency," IAEA Director ...
Iran: Will talks happen under Obama?
csmonitor.com 11/20/2008 — A period of reestablishing relations with Iran's partners seems likely. Also expect contacts with lower-tier Iranian officials.
Obama and Iran
juancole.com 11/8/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that "Iran's development of a nuclear weapon, I believe is unacceptable. . . Iran's support of terrorist organizations, I think is something that has to cease." What I cannot understand is why American ...
Iran News Round Up
corner.nationalreview.com 10/21/2008 — [(E) signifies English link]
Diplomacy
Former Islamic Republic foreign minister Ebrahim Yazdi: "One of my grandchildren is active in the [U.S. presidential candidate] Obama campaign and asked me to meet Obama, but since I did not consider a ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
